How to do everything with your Sony CLI�E

Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Introduction	p. xix
Part I Getting Started
Chapter 1 Welcome to CLIE	p. 3
A Brief History of Handhelds	p. 4
What's an Operating System?	p. 5
What Makes Handheld PCs so Great?	p. 6
An Overview of the Different CLIE Models	p. 7
Chapter 2 Getting to Know Your CLIE	p. 11
A Guided Tour of the Hardware	p. 12
Using Your CLIE for the First Time	p. 20
Getting to Know the Operating System	p. 23
Setting CLIE Preferences	p. 28
An Introduction to Palm Desktop	p. 34
Chapter 3 Introducing Your CLIE to the PC	p. 37
Charging Your Clie	p. 38
Installing the Desktop Software	p. 39
Configuring Intellisync	p. 42
Your First HotSync	p. 44
HotSync as a Way of Life	p. 52
Part II Everyday Stuff With Your CLIE
Chapter 4 Getting Information In and Out of Your CLIE	p. 57
The Five Ways to Enter Data	p. 58
Getting to Know Graffiti	p. 64
Beaming Data Between PDAs	p. 72
Installing New Software on Your CLIE	p. 76
Chapter 5 The Date Book	p. 79
Viewing Your Appointments	p. 80
Managing Your Day from the Agenda View	p. 86
Creating New Appointments	p. 88
Working with Alarms	p. 93
Working with Palm Desktop	p. 95
Using Outlook	p. 98
Chapter 6 The Address Book	p. 103
Viewing Your Addresses	p. 104
Creating New Entries	p. 107
Assigning Categories	p. 114
Editing and Deleting Addresses	p. 114
Creating and Beaming Your Business Card	p. 115
Working with Palm Desktop	p. 116
Using Outlook	p. 120
Chapter 7 The To Do List	p. 121
Viewing the To Do List	p. 122
Creating a To Do	p. 123
Working with the List View	p. 126
Deleting Old To Dos	p. 130
Sharing Your To Dos	p. 130
Working with Palm Desktop	p. 130
The Windows To Do List	p. 131
Using Outlook	p. 132
Chapter 8 The Memo Pad	p. 135
Viewing the Memo Pad	p. 136
Creating New Memos	p. 136
Working in Palm Desktop	p. 143
The Palm Desktop Memo Pad	p. 143
Using Outlook with the CLIE	p. 146
Quirks Between Outlook and CLIE	p. 146
Chapter 9 The Rest of the Palm OS Team	p. 149
Palm Security	p. 150
The Find Feature	p. 158
The Calculator	p. 161
The Mail Program	p. 163
All about Expense	p. 164
All the Other Goodies that Came with Your CLIE	p. 168
Chapter 10 Going on a Trip	p. 171
Preparing Your CLIE for the Road	p. 172
Road Tips	p. 177
Software to Bring Along	p. 178
Wilderness Survival Tools	p. 185
Chapter 11 CLIE Communications	p. 189
An Overview of CLIE E-mail	p. 190
An Overview of CLIE Web Browsing	p. 201
Connecting Your CLIE to a Cell Phone for E-mail and Web Browsing	p. 206
Another Way to Go Wireless: WiFi	p. 207
All about Bluetooth	p. 208
Chapter 12 Your CLIE as a Total PC Replacement	p. 209
Building the Perfect Beast	p. 210
Dealing with Documents	p. 212
Printing from Your CLIE	p. 219
Chapter 13 Hacks and Other Utilities	p. 223
X-Master	p. 224
Other Utilities	p. 230
The Wonderful World of Launchers	p. 235
CLIE Antivirus Utilities	p. 238
Creating Your Own CLIE Programs	p. 238
Making Your CLIE Run Faster	p. 239
Souping Up Your NR or NX with Graffiti Skins	p. 240
Chapter 14 Time and Money Management	p. 243
Managing Your Money with the CLIE	p. 244
Streamlining Your Day	p. 250
Chapter 15 Graffiti Enhancements and Alternatives	p. 255
Overlays: Wallpaper for the Graffiti Area	p. 256
Graffiti Replacements: A Software Solution	p. 260
Keys, Please	p. 260
Giving Graffiti a Helping Hand	p. 262
Chapter 16 Showing Digital Photos and Movies on Your CLIE	p. 267
Taking Pictures on a CLIE	p. 268
Watching Movies on Your CLIE	p. 273
Build an Electronic Photo Album	p. 276
Part III The CLIE Multimedia Experience
Chapter 17 Painting and Drawing on Your CLIE	p. 281
Painting on the CLIE	p. 282
Collaborating on a Sketch	p. 288
Capturing Screenshots of the CLIE Display	p. 289
Chapter 18 Music and CLIE Audio	p. 293
Listening to MP3s on Your CLIE	p. 294
Managing MP3s	p. 299
Making Music on the CLIE	p. 300
Adding Sounds to the CLIE's Alarms	p. 305
Chapter 19 The CLIE as a Remote Control	p. 309
Sony's Remote Software: CLIE Remote Commander	p. 311
Other Remote Control Programs	p. 313
Turning Your CLIE Into a TV Guide	p. 314
Chapter 20 Playing Games	p. 317
Turning Your CLIE Into a Game Machine	p. 318
Installing the Bundled Games	p. 322
Two-Player Infrared Games	p. 322
Playing Text Adventures	p. 323
Using the CLIE as a Pair of Dice	p. 327
The Universe of CLIE Games	p. 327
Turning Your CLIE Into a Game Boy	p. 332
Chapter 21 Reading E-Books	p. 335
A Brief History of E-Books	p. 336
Free E-Books and E-Books for Sale	p. 340
Making Your Own E-Books	p. 343
Chapter 22 Making the Most of Memory Sticks	p. 345
It's in the Cards	p. 346
What Price Memory?	p. 348
Memory 101	p. 349
Memory 102	p. 357
Memory Stick Backups	p. 358
Chapter 23 Accessories and Upgrades	p. 359
Pick a Case, Any Case	p. 360
The Stylus Decision	p. 362
Keyboards	p. 363
Protecting Your Screen	p. 366
Adding More Memory	p. 366
Navigating the World with a GPS Receiver	p. 367
Recharging Your CLIE's Batteries While on the Road	p. 368
Mounting Your CLIE in Your Car	p. 370
Recovering Lost Handhelds	p. 370
Appendix A Troubleshooting and Problem Solving	p. 373
Cure CLIE Problems with a Reset	p. 374
Just What Is a "Crash," Anyway?	p. 374
Different Ways to Reset a CLIE	p. 375
Fixing a CLIE that Appears to Be Dead	p. 376
Fixing a Comatose CLIE	p. 376
Avoiding Battery Problems	p. 377
Fixing Scratched Screens	p. 378
Fixing a Screen that No Longer Responds Properly	p. 378
Resolving Hack Conflicts	p. 378
Fixing a CLIE that Won't "Wake Up" for Alarms	p. 379
Beaming Problems	p. 380
Dealing with a Handheld that No Longer HotSyncs	p. 380
Solving Memory-Related HotSync Failure	p. 381
Solving the Most Common HotSync Problems	p. 381
Outlook HotSync Problems	p. 382
Working with Windows 2000	p. 382
Working with Windows XP	p. 383
Managing Multiple CLIEs or PCs	p. 383
Two CLIEs on a Single PC	p. 383
Two PCs for a Single CLIE	p. 384
Upgrading from an Old CLIE to a New One	p. 384
Obtaining Service and Repairs	p. 385
Obtaining Non-Warranty or Accident-Related Repairs	p. 385
Other Sources for Help	p. 385
Where to Find It	p. 386
Index	p. 387

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